Police Arrest Indecent Exposure Suspect After Lewd Act in Coffee Shop

Published on February 04, 2022

Palo Alto, CA – Police arrested a man after he was witnessed committing a lewd act inside a downtown Palo Alto coffee shop yesterday.  The suspect is not connected to an incident that occurred earlier in the week in a women’s restroom at another coffee shop.

On Thursday, February 3, 2022, at about 5:23 p.m., our 24-hour dispatch center received a call from staff at the Starbucks at 376 University Avenue reporting that a customer had been observed masturbating while seated at a table inside the establishment.  Officers responded immediately and detained the suspect without incident inside the coffee shop.

The investigation revealed that two juvenile teenage girls had noticed the man masturbating while they were inside the shop.  One of the victims told police the man had been looking at them while touching himself.  The victims immediately told a staff member, who in turn promptly called the police.

Police booked 27-year-old Alexander Keenabautista Neumeier, a person with no permanent residence address, into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for indecent exposure and annoying children, both of which are misdemeanors.  The suspect’s booking photo is attached to this release.

This suspect is not connected to a bathroom peeping case that occurred at another downtown coffee shop on Monday, January 31.  That case remains open and under active investigation; the suspect continues to be unidentified.  For details, and to view surveillance photos of that suspect, view the news release we distributed about it on February 2.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call our 24-hour dispatch center at (650) 329-2413.  Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to (650) 383-8984.